Thread: Getting rid of crimped primer pockets?

Another vote for the RCBS swaging tool on a single stage press. I use it on the little Lee press. Once I get it set up and in the swing of it it goes pretty fast and very reliable. I started out reaming but without a lathe or decent drill press set up with stops I worried about uniformity. It was bloody hard on the hands after the first hundred or so. Also reaming removes metal, swaging presses it back to where it was before the crimp was made. FYI I bought my RCBS in NZ and it came with the one ram sleeve to fit the older smaller dia SS press rams. I have a Lee Cast press with the fat ram also. I wrote to RCBS signing off with my address, explained the prob, a few weeks later a sleeve to fit the fat ram arrived no charge. I think they are shipped with both sleeves now so mine was prob old stock. The sleeve or cup acts to lift the swaged brass off the swaging nipple.